U. S. Fed leaves interest rates at zero to 0. 25 pct
(AGI) Washington, Sept 17 - The U.S. Federal Reserve has leftinterest rates unchanged at the historic low of zero to 0.25percent, at which the cost of the U.S currency has been fixedsince December 2008. The central bank said in its officialpress release on Thursday that the Federal Open MarketCommittee (FOMC) will raise the rates "when it has seen somefurther improvement in the labor market and is reasonablyconfident that inflation will move back to its 2 percentobjective over the medium term". The Fed noted that the U.S.economy is expanding at a moderate